Parsing Science: The unpublished stories behind the world’s most compelling science, as told by the researchers themselves.

How are Black women using social media to develop community and identity? In episode 85 we talk with Kyesha Jennings from North Carolina State University about her analysis of what the wildly popular meme "hot girl summer" - drawn from lyrics by hip-hop phenomenon, Megan Thee Stallion - tells us about changes in the ways in which Black women cultivate community in digital spaces.

Should I have done something differently? Or could nobody have seen it coming? In episode 84 Satoris "Tori" Howes from Oregon State University-Cascades and Edgar "Ed" Kausel from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile join us to discuss their research into the malleability of narcissists' memory, as well as whether they're able to reflect on their mistakes to learn from them. Their article "When and why narcissists exhibit greater hindsight bias and less perceived learning," which they co-authored with Alex Jackson and Jochen Reb, was published on June 4, 2020 in the Journal of Management.

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Websites and other resources

Tori on ORCID

Ed on Twitter

Fischhoff & Beyth's (1975) "I knew it would happen: Remembered probabilities of once-future things"

 

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Science Alert | Psych Central | Science Daily | EurekAlert | International Business Times

 

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Leigh, D., Watkins, R., Howes, T., & Kausel, E.. (2020). Parsing Science - Why Narcissists Are "Never Wrong". figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13030964

 

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Should I have done something differently? Or could nobody have seen it coming? In episode 84 Tori Howes and Ed Kausel join us to discuss their research into the malleability of narcissists' memory, as well as whether they're able to reflect on their mistakes to learn from them.

Why do religious leaders abstain from some pleasures? In episode 83, Manvir Singh from Harvard University's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology discusses his research into why shaman healers among the a group of people off the coast of Indonesia observe costly prohibitions, such abstinence or food restrictions, especially given that they could exploit their position for self-serving ends instead. His open-access article “Why do religious leaders observe costly prohibitions? Examining taboos on Mentawai shamans” was co-authored with Joseph Henrich and published on June 11, 2020 in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences.

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Websites and other resources

Manvir's website and Twitter

The study's data, code and supplementary material

Manvir interviewed on The Dissenter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijf8cNBgztA

 

Video documentary of a Mentawai wedding ceremony:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e63F1oTz_YU

 

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Watkins, R., Leigh, D., Singh, M.. (2020). Parsing Science - Adhering to Prohibitive Taboos. figshare. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13003580

 

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Why do religious leaders abstain from some pleasures? In episode 83, Manvir Singh discusses his research into why shaman healers among the a group of people off the coast of Indonesia observe costly prohibitions, such abstinence or food restrictions, especially given that they could exploit their position for self-serving ends instead.

Does spanking really have lasting impacts on kids' later lives? In episode 82, Nicole Barbaro from Western Governors University Labs talks with us about her research into the factors that determine the answer to this question. Her study “The effects of spanking on psychosocial outcomes: revisiting genetic and environmental covariation” was developed with Eric Connolly, Madi Sogge, Todd Shackelford, and Brian Boutwell and first uploaded on March 8th, 2020 to the preprint server PsyArXiv.

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Websites and other resources

Nicole's overview of the article on her blog

Open Science resources for the article

Nicole's chapter on Behavior Genetics for the SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (in press for December 2020 release)

Nicole's website and Twitter

Nicole on "Mating, Life History, Attachment, And Mate Guarding" (The Dissenter vodcast)

"What is Evolutionary Psychology?" with Nicole's co-author, Todd Shackelford (Darwinian Diva podcast)

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Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Barbaro, N.. (2020). Parsing Science - Moderating Spanking’s Lasting Impacts. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12921989

 

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Does spanking really have lasting impacts on kids' later lives? In episode 82, Nicole Barbaro from Western Governors University Labs talks with us about her research into the factors that determine the answer to this question.

Is it an actual conspiracy, or just a theory about one? In episode 81, Tim Tangherlini from the University of California Berkeley’s Folklore Program discusses his research into how conspiracy theorists interpret and use what they believe is “hidden knowledge” to connect multiple human interactions that are otherwise unlinked ... and how when one of these links is cut, they're less able to hold together a coherent story about it. His open access article “An automated pipeline for the discovery of conspiracy and conspiracy theory narrative frameworks: Bridgegate, Pizzagate and storytelling on the web” which he published with Shadi Shahsavari, Behnam Shahbazi, Ehsan Ebrahimzadeh, and Vwani Roychowdhury on June 16, 2020 in the journal PLOS One. 

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Websites and other resources

Tim's Twitter profile

The Bridgegate dataset

Network graph: "Dissecting the #PizzaGate conspiracy theories" (New York Times)

Network graph: "Chris Christie and the lane closings: A spectator’s guide" (New York Times)

Archived r/pizzagate subreddit (banned by Reddit on November 12, 2016) and still-active Voat subverse v/pizzagate

Research mentioned: "Conspiracy theorists believe wild ideas because they want to feel special" (Quartz)

Research mentioned: "Why some people are more likely to believe wild conspiracy theories than others" (Business Insider Australia)

Vladimir Propp's theory of narrative structure

"Learning from Lombardi" on Mark Lombardi’s neo-conceptual art (Medium)

Tim's talk, "Witches, vaccines, pizzas,

Tim Tangherlini discusses his research into how conspiracy theorists interpret and use what they believe is “hidden knowledge” to connect multiple human interactions that are otherwise unlinked ... and how when one of these links is cut, they're less able to hold together a coherent story about it.

How do our brains respond when people behave in unpredictable ways? In episode 80, Jordan Theriault from Northeastern University discusses his research into a set of brain regions which, when activated by a variety of social tasks, can provide insights into how we judge the moral objectivity or subjectivity of others' unexpected claims. His article "Theory of mind network activity is associated with metaethical judgment: An item analysis" (PDF here), was published in April 2020 with Adam Waytz, Larisa Heiphetz, and Liane Young in the journal Neuropsychologia.

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Websites and other resources

Jordan's website and Twitter account

The Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory at Northeastern University

Introduction to theory of mind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpaMMYye65E

Introduction to predictive coding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLcIT3kjsW0

 

Steven Sloman on Freakonomics' "How to Change Your Mind"

Claude Shannons "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" (1948 article) and The Mathematical Theory of Communication (1949 book)

 

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Leigh, D., Watkins, R., & Theriault, J.. (2020).